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Google Blames DNS for Website Defacements in Uganda, Morocco and Kenya This Week

  • May 15, 2009 2:41 PM PDT
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Domain Name System (DNS) insecurity caused the defacing of Google Web sites in Uganda and Morocco, according to a Google spokesperson.

Earlier this week, both Google Uganda and Google Morocco were redirecting traffic to different sites…

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Related topics: Cyberattack, DNS, Domain Registries, Security

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